Student seen ripping pages from Qur’an ‘a concerning incident of Islamophobia,’ says Ontario school board Video circulating on social media appeared to show boy tearing pages and crumpling them

March 10, 2023   

(CBC) Students at a high school east of Oshawa, Ont., are taking their concerns to the school board after a video appearing to show a student tearing up pages from a Qur’an and crumpling them up began to circulate last week.

School board officials say they became aware of a “concerning incident of Islamophobia” on March 3 at Courtice Secondary School after a student damaged a Qur’an earlier that day.

“While we cannot comment on individual disciplinary actions, the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board takes all allegations of discrimination seriously and is taking immediate steps to address this very serious incident,” said board chairperson Steve Russell and superintendent of education Jamila Maliha in a statement Thursday.

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